Tag: authors
Former minister blasts IOC, WADA
Linda Helleland had her share of confrontations with top Norwegian sports bureaucrats when she was the government minister in charge of national funding for...
Unusual legal threat hits Bergen theater
Bergen's venerable national theater (Den Nationale Scene) has been threatened with a lawsuit from the mother of author Vigdis Hjorth, over the theater's dramatic...
Bestseller hits the stage, but not NRK
One of Norway's most popular books this year, Tante Ulrikkes vei, is due to debut on the stage of Det Norske Teatret in June....
Northug prepares for new ‘after-ski’
Norway's bad boy of skiing, Petter Northug, has been unusually humble and self-deprecating in recent weeks, as his hopes for a comeback on the...
‘Book bomb’ blasts Resistance history
Norway's famed Resistance (Hjemmefronten) forces have long been viewed as the country's heroes of World War II, as they sabotaged Nazi German occupiers and...
Bestseller bound to break boundaries
Zeshan Shakar grew up in Oslo's Stovner district and wrote a book about it that's been winning rave reviews. Now his revealing story about...
Nature lovers meet some opposition
At the height of the annual fall hiking and hunting season, doubts are suddenly emerging about Norwegians' alleged attachment to the great outdoors. A...
‘Several’ charged in attack on publisher
Norway's state police unit Kripos has charged "several" people in connection with the attempted assassination of William Nygaard in 1993. Nygaard headed Oslo publishing...
Late author defied the literary elite
Margit Sandemo wrote nearly 200 books that sold an estimated 37 million copies, and she long ranked as one of Norway's most popular authors....
Nesbø recovering at local hospital
Jo Nesbø, Norway's multi-talented artist and best-selling author, had to be admitted to a local hospital this week following an "acute illness." It forced...
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